Chapter 4: The Story of Concubinage
It was more than eight o'clock in the evening, when the lights of thousands of homes were shining.
On the rooftop, Wang Jinglu was wearing a school uniform shirt and a flower-sprinkled pleated skirt on the bottom, lying comfortably on the one-meter-high protective wall, looking at the buildings in the distance, the bright windows, the trees in the shadows downstairs, and the traffic in the gaps in the buildings in the distance.
Wow.
When Li Qian came out of the corridor, she happened to turn around.
Neither of them spoke, Wang Jinglu was still lying on the protective wall, looking back and continuing to look at everything near and far, while Li Qian walked over and followed her example and lay on the protective wall.
More than a minute passed, and Li Qian was thinking about having nothing to say, when suddenly, there was a commotion on the fifth floor opposite.
"I can't live this day!"
"That's it!"
Bang!
Crash!
Li Qian immediately became excited, his eyes widened, and he scanned back and forth on the fifth floor, "Damn, this is going to fight!"
Wang Jinglu kicked him lightly and heavily, with a crying and laughing look on his face, "Why are you so gloating when people quarrel!"
Li Qian didn't have the heart to take care of her, so he didn't even think about it and said: "I said, the pair that kissed each other while arguing and picking up each other's clothes while arguing last month seems to be on the fifth floor, right? I remember that the woman was quite white...... Well, I said, do you see where they are? How come I can't find anyone just by hearing them?"
The buildings of Shengshi Garden are all six floors, and they stand on the rooftop, which is equivalent to the seventh floor, and they look at the fifth floor opposite from 20 meters apart, unless the young couple are standing by the window and fighting like last time, otherwise it is really not easy to see.
Wang Jinglu kicked him again, this time with a little more strength than last time.
Not to mention, although the opposite side is smashing pots and bowls, it is over with just two clicks.
After waiting for half a minute and not waiting for any more movement over there, Li Qian sighed with a disappointed look and said, "I didn't say it, this must be kissing again! Alas, it's a pity that I can't see my ass this time......"
Wang Jinglu kicked it hard.
Li Qian finally turned her head to look at her, and she also pouted and looked at Li Qian.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time.
Although she is pierced by thick glasses, her eyes are still so good-looking, just like the eyes of a fawn, big and bright, at a glance, very pure, especially ignorant, and especially painful.
Suddenly, the curtain on the fifth floor on the opposite side was closed with a smack.
Li Qian turned his head to look, then turned back and continued to stare at Wang Jinglu.
Wang Jinglu didn't blink an eye, and said: "Why do you say that you have so many strange things to say? Especially today, in class, in front of so many people, and in front of Teacher Qi, they are laughing at me all day today, and they are embarrassed!"
Li Qian said: "By the way, I didn't seem to hear you playing the piano before dinner just now?"
Wang Jinglu said: "We haven't fallen in love again, don't talk nonsense about me in the future, it's embarrassing, do you know?"
Li Qian said: "Is the song you practiced recently called "The Beauty with Flax Hair"?"
Wang Jinglu pouted and glared at him fiercely, and couldn't help but raise her leg and kick him again, and then said angrily: "It's "The Girl with Flax Hair"!" and deliberately added an accent to the word "girl".
Then the conversation was interrupted, and the two of them turned around at the same time and leaned on the protective wall to look into the distance.
After a long while, Wang Jinglu suddenly said: "My sister said that I would go to the capital after the holidays, and she would go through the transfer procedures for me, so that I could study in the third year of high school in the capital, so that I could wholeheartedly prepare for the entrance exam of the Beijing Film Academy." ”
After finishing speaking, she turned her head to look at Li Qian, and said very seriously: "It's about to be the third year of high school, you must also study hard, do you know? If you continue like this, I'm afraid you won't even be able to get into a public university." ”
Li Qianhun replied nonchalantly: "I promise to pass the exam! I will prepare for the monthly exam this month, and I will make a small effort, and I will be admitted to the top 30 in the class first, so that you don't have to talk about me all the time." However, everything else is easy to say, but I really have a bit of a headache with Russian, and I don't have to work so hard if you ask me to speak Japanese......"
Wang Jinglu's lips pursed, and then slowly relaxed, her mood was inexplicably a little low, and she whispered: "Last summer, you also said that you would let me rest assured that I would be admitted to the capital! I know you love to play, but my requirements are not high, you just need to be admitted to the capital, which is a public university." I've heard people say that as long as you enter the university, it will be much easier immediately, even if you play again at that time, okay?"
Li Qian smiled, still not caring at all, "It's not that hard, I'm still saying the same thing now, you can rest assured, I will be admitted to Shuntianfu, and it must be a famous university!"
Wang Jinglu looked at him seriously when she heard this, and didn't say anything, but sighed in her heart.
Li Qian turned his head and looked at her playfully.
Wang Jinglu also turned her head and blinked, as always, she was very ignorant, very ignorant, and very innocent.
Li Qian reached out and took off her glasses and looked at her.
It should be said that although Wang Jinglu, who wears glasses, is definitely a little beauty, she is definitely not on the same level as her after taking off her glasses!
Especially because of myopia, once she takes off her glasses, she will squint slightly when she looks at things, which makes her look a little more charming. And when she stopped squinting, the clear eyes would reveal a touching blankness because of the temporary loss of focus...... At that moment, her appearance could immediately rise by three to five points, almost bursting!
At this time, losing the protection of her glasses, Wang Jinglu subconsciously squinted her eyes, feeling a little flustered.
Especially, don't look at Li Qian's face with a smile on his face, but at this moment, his eyes are very sharp and scary.
"I said, do you like me and want to marry me?" he said.
Wang Jinglu opened her eyes in a panic, pursed her lips, and raised her hand to pull a few hairs that were blown by the wind behind her ears, then turned her head and glanced at Li Qian, raised her foot and kicked him, and said disdainfully: "Stinky beauty!"
Turning her head to look at him, she decisively moved out the big killing weapon, "If you talk nonsense again, I'll call my sister when I turn around." ”
Li Qian directly raised his hand and surrendered.
As soon as this big killer came out, it meant that this topic was not discussed at all!
After a while, Wang Jinglu suddenly said, "Do you know why my sister came back suddenly the day before yesterday?"
Li Qian shook his head, "I don't know." Why?"
Wang Jinglu lowered her head, "My dad...... Asked her if she had borrowed money. ”
Li Qian asked puzzledly: "Your father, do you care about your sister borrowing money?"
Wang Jinglu nodded, "That woman...... Didn't you move out of our house last week? When my sister came back, she hid in the bedroom with my mother behind my back and talked, and I heard my mother crying, and then my sister told me before leaving, she said that the woman was pregnant, and she asked my father to buy her a house before she could have a baby, otherwise she would go and kill the child, and my father agreed. But his business doesn't seem to be very good in the last two years, so he doesn't have that much money, so he asked my sister to borrow ......."
Li Qian was a little dumbfounded, "You mean...... Your mom is pregnant?"
Wang Jinglu nodded and said, "My dad wants a son, so he wants to take a concubine and my mother also signed and agreed, and I was afraid that the woman would find fault and talk to her in front of my dad, not only was she very good at home, but also specifically asked me and my sister to call her mom, and not to show her face." But in the end......"
"In the end, she still complained in front of your dad?"
Wang Jinglu nodded, "um".
Li Qian helplessly stretched out his hand and rubbed his brows.
People say that it is difficult for a clean official to decide family affairs, and Li Qian, an outsider, is not even good at giving advice.
But then again, the system of this plane is really a bit strange.
The constitution stipulates that all people are equal, men and women are equal, and also stipulates the freedom to love and marry, but it also stipulates that men have the right to take concubines.
According to Li Qian's knowledge, if a man wants to take a concubine, he only needs to obtain the consent of his parents, his wife, the concubine who is about to marry, and her parents, and ask them to sign the application for concubine in their own hands, then he can apply to the county government for concubine. After one year of application, if all parties have no objection and no repentance, then the man only needs to hand over to the government ten times the amount of personal income tax he paid in the previous fiscal year as a "concubine payment", and he can officially marry the concubine. And the two of them will also have a "concubine certificate" issued and recognized by the state in duplicate, this relationship is protected by law, and the concubine also has financial independence and divorce priority!
Even the Marriage Law has a provision that both husband and wife may not abuse the concubine......
I have to say that as far as Li Qian knows, even in this time and space, there are no more than 30 countries in the world that have such strange laws! Well, Vietnam, North Korea, South Korea, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Morocco...... Well, although it is also the Pan-East Asian cultural circle and the Arab cultural circle, if you count carefully, there are really a lot!
Of course, although the law allows it, there are really not many people who can really afford to marry. With the consent of all stakeholders, not to mention, the huge amount of concubine money based on individual income tax alone is not something that everyone is willing to bear! For ordinary wage earners, it basically means five to eight years of savings being emptied, and for the rich who have profitable assets under their names, such as company shares, even the company's profits, share premiums, and real estate appreciation in the past year must be taken into account, who is willing to do so?
So there are really few men who take concubines in this society, if it is not really no way, those men who have money and ideas would rather pack ** and raise mistresses outside, rather than take concubines......
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Maybe it was because he didn't speak when he saw that Li Qian was so good, Wang Jinglu turned his head to look at him, and suddenly asked, "Hey, are you going to take a concubine in the future?"
As soon as he brushed it, Li Qian's eyes immediately lit up.
"Well, think about it, three wives and four concubines are heroic dreams! Since you can legally take a concubine, why don't you accept it? Like my father, my mother said to him, saying that I know that you have this thief's heart, and I guess you can have this thief's courage, but do you have that money? Listen, what does this mean? Can you take a concubine, and whether you are reluctant to spend that share of money is simply the standard that distinguishes whether you are a successful person or not!"
Wang Jinglu suddenly burst out laughing when she heard this, and couldn't help but raise her hand to give him a shoulder on it, and scolded with a smile: "I know that I don't have a proper shape all day long, and my mouth is full of nonsense!"
Li Qian looked at her, smiled and put her glasses back on, and said flatteringly: "Why don't you sign my name here in advance?"
Wang Jinglu glanced at him with a smile and a smile, and was a little shy, turning her head and about to go downstairs, "You better find your future wife to sign for you!"
Before she could walk into the corridor, Li Qian's words had already been answered, "It's not enough to have my future wife's signature, you have to sign it too!"
Wang Jinglu almost didn't make a mistake when she heard this: daring to love Li Qian is ready to make her a concubine!
She stood still at the entrance of the corridor, glared at Li Qian hatefully, saw that he looked very innocent, stomped her feet fiercely, and plunged into the corridor, "Li Qian, I don't want to take care of you anymore in my life!"